When Will Democrats Get Serious About Repealing Pot Prohibition?

Townhall. com ^ | April 6, 2022 | Jacob Sullum

[mfish13]

SOMA

[ExTxMarine]

I concur!

Democrats want to use pot legalization as a "get out the vote" tool.

Republicans want to use pot legalization as a "see how hypocritical Democrats are" tool.

I want the Federal government out of the "War on Drugs" gambit because it is nothing but a police-state supporting scheme! The Feds have absolutely NO BUSINESS outlawing what we do in our own houses unless it harms others - PERIOD!

[Mr. K]

No, it’s not.

As a former smoker I can tell you I NEVER was tempted to use more, harder stuff. It never even occurred to me.

But I think hard drug users might stop if pot has less danger of getting arrested

[gundog]

That ought to be for the States to decide

[gundog]

LOOK at California, Oregon and Washington. Homelessness and crime has skyrocketed since legalizing drugs. electing Obama.

[gundog]

Beer is a gateway drug to weed. Outlaw beer.

[rhoda_penmark]

Exactly. Heroin users start with Mother’s milk was the saying.

[Getready]

That’s what we want....the whole population on legal daily doses of psychotropic drugs.....mescaline, ssri, cannibis, ethanol, opiates, benzodiazepines, and compartively, mildly so, even caffeine. Sometimes they help smooth out the severe bumps of life, but too much....and our driving, personal interaction, and decision making skills get diminished.

[Disambiguator]

I thought it was the other way around. Using illegal drugs can lead to...drinking beer!

[Zathras]

Exactly!
Most Americans have never seen what it has done to Oregon.

[hanamizu]

The Feds have absolutely NO BUSINESS outlawing what we do in our own houses unless it harms others - PERIOD!

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Can’t disagree, but the state’s do have the power. Whether they should execute that power is a different matter.

But some drugs have the power to turn otherwise healthy human beings into dregs who become burdens for the rest of us. Widespread addiction to opium/morphine after the Civil War is what led to laws against drugs.

[Noumenon]

God forbid they lose the stoner community vote.

[gundog]

I’ve been in Oregon since the sixties. Legal weed was not the genesis of our current condition.

[gundog]

Governments will overlook sickness and addiction if there’s money in it. More people are using weed than tobacco, and alcohol is very destructive to society.

[Magnatron]

It's a gateway drug.

The only gateway pot opens is the gateway to the fridge and the cookie jar…

[ExTxMarine]

Can’t disagree, but the state’s do have the power. Whether they should execute that power is a different matter.

I agree.

But some drugs have the power to turn otherwise healthy human beings into dregs who become burdens for the rest of us.

Anything can lead to the same situations...drugs, alcohol, RELIGION (i.e., cults), ENVY (i.e., communism), etc...

Again, what you do in your home is your business...when your actions start harming others, then there is an issue, like drunk driving, driving under the influence (drugs (illegal and legal)), etc...